Difference between revisions of "Search and Seizure"

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*United States v. Banks
 
*United States v. Banks
 
===Vehicles, Drivers, Passengers===
 
===Vehicles, Drivers, Passengers===
*Chambers v. Maroney
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*'''Chambers v. Maroney''' - When there would have been a permissible search at the time of arrest based on probable cause the search is still permissible at a later date if the vehicle has been seized.
*South Dakota v. opperman
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*'''South Dakota v. Opperman''' - Fruits of routine inventory of automobile legally impounded by police are not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. 
*Florida v. White
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*'''Florida v. White''' - Fourth Amendment does not require the police to obtain a warrant before seizing an automobile from a public place when they have probable cause to believe that it is forfeitable contraband.
*Whren v. United States
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*'''Whren v. United States''' - Officer's motive in making a seizure cannot invalidate objectively reasonable behavior under the Fourth Amendment.
*Maryland v. Wilson  
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*Maryland v. Wilson - Rule which permits officer as a matter of course to order driver of a lawfully stopped car to exit his vehicle, extends to passengers as well.
*Wyoming v. Houghton
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*'''Wyoming v. Houghton''' - Police officers with probable cause to conduct warrantless search of car for contraband held not to violate fourth amendment by searching passenger's personal belongings in car that are capable of concealing contraband.
*Knowles v. Iowa
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*'''Knowles v. Iowa''' - The officer may not conduct a full search of the car for speeding violation which they are going to ticket instead of arrest
 
*Ohio v. Robinette
 
*Ohio v. Robinette
 
* '''New York v. Belton''' - Police may search passenger compartment and any containers held therein during a search incident to arrest.
 
* '''New York v. Belton''' - Police may search passenger compartment and any containers held therein during a search incident to arrest.
*Thornton v. United States
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*'''Thornton v. United States''' - So long as the arrest was the sort of "recent occupant" of a vehicle such as the arrestee in the instant case, officers could search the vehicle incident to the arrest.
  
 
===Containers, Clothing, Handbags===
 
===Containers, Clothing, Handbags===

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